Vendryně
Sign in to saveVendryně () is a municipality and village in Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 4,500 inhabitants. It lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia on the banks of the Olza River. The municipality has a significant Polish minority.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Vendryně
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Vendryne.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Entrance to Vendryně
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Vendryně.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Wedrynia CoA.svg
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Moravian-Silesian
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Frýdek-Místek
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Czech Republic
- Settlement.pushpin_relief
- 1
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in the Czech Republic
- Settlement.established_title
- First mentioned
- Settlement.established_date
- 1305
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 20.95
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 350
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Vendryně () is a municipality and village in Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 4,500 inhabitants. It lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia on the banks of the Olza River. The municipality has a significant Polish minority.
==Etymology== The name of Vendryně is of topographic origins derived from the toponymic base *vądr- tentatively connected with water.